HSP vs. SOM, JAR, SAG, BEG, KEYS, SRAD, DLAR, CGS, GTLY, and NXR
Should you be buying Hargreaves Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hargreaves Services include Somero Enterprises (SOM), Jardine Matheson (JAR), Science Group (SAG), Begbies Traynor Group (BEG), Keystone Law Group (KEYS), Stelrad Group (SRAD), De La Rue (DLAR), Castings (CGS), Gateley (GTLY), and Norcros (NXR). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Somero Enterprises (LON:SOM) and Hargreaves Services (LON:HSP) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Somero Enterprises pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Hargreaves Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Somero Enterprises pays out 6,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hargreaves Services pays out 6,315.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Somero Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Somero Enterprises received 46 more outperform votes than Hargreaves Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.24% of users gave Somero Enterprises an outperform vote while only 57.53% of users gave Hargreaves Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Somero Enterprises and Somero Enterprises both had 1 articles in the media. Hargreaves Services' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Somero Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that Somero Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Somero Enterprises has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreaves Services has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
53.8% of Somero Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.7% of Hargreaves Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Somero Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Hargreaves Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Somero Enterprises has a net margin of 23.18% compared to Somero Enterprises' net margin of 6.17%. Hargreaves Services' return on equity of 34.89% beat Somero Enterprises' return on equity.
Somero Enterprises has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hargreaves Services. Somero Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hargreaves Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Somero Enterprises beats Hargreaves Services on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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